borg

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UK/bɔːɡ/US/bɔɹɡ/

noun

Synonym of cyborg.

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Meanings

borg1

nounborg (plural borgs)

plural borgs

  1. Synonym of cyborg.

    You'll also have to put together a team or Force of borgs that you won from winning battles. Before battle you assemble your Force within the GF Energy Limit. Each borg has a cost attached to them and this GF Energy Limit is kind of like your budget.

    2003, Dalos Gaymer, “Gotcha Force Review for GameCube”, GameFAQs

    Synonyms: cyborg

verbborg (third-person singular simple present borgs, present participle borging, simple past and past participle borged)

present singular third person borgs · participle present borging · participle past borged · past borged

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Borg.

borg2

nounborg (plural borgs)

plural borgs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of BORG.

Borg3

proper nounBorg (plural Borgs)

plural Borgs

Borg4

nounBorg (plural Borgs or Borg)

plural Borgs · alternative borg

  1. slangOne who proselytises or assimilates.

    Go for the fun of it (yes, I am one of the Borgs) and don't let equipment bother you. Just remember this even when the Borgs assimilate you.

    2005
verbBorg (third-person singular simple present Borgs, present participle Borging, simple past and past participle Borged)

present singular third person Borgs · participle present Borging · participle past Borged · past Borged · alternative borg

  1. slangTo assimilate rivals, via corporate acquisition or religious proselytisation.

    They are trying to turn you into them. They are trying to borg us.

    2004
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    The Christians could afford to spend generations converting northern Europe and that's exactly what they did. We have that example from history. We know there are other faiths out there that want to wipe us out, and there are other faiths out there that want to Borg us. The fact that some are still here after decades means we aren't giving in this time, and you're one of the ones here over a decade."

    2004, alt.religion.asatru (Usenet)
  2. slangTo turn into a cyborg, to implant machinery into people with the intent of controlling or assimilating them.

    2001, Rick C. Hodgin, GeekNews Intel wants to Borg us!

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    We already do it and they tell us they're going to Borg us with fucking stuff into our brains and we won't have to talk to each other.

    2000, Charles Hayward, FREQ

BORG5

nounBORG (plural BORGs)

plural BORGs · alternative Borg · alternative borg

  1. USabbreviationacronymAcronym of blackout rage gallon (“A cheap cocktail made for college partying, typically brightly colored and made with a full bottle of hard liquor (fifth to 750mL to 1L to 1qt), 2L to 2qt of water, water flavoring (such as Kool-Aid, Hawaiian Tropic, Mio Energy Drops), and caffeine drink powder, mixed in a gallon plastic milk jug, with electrolyte drink making the remainder of the gallon”).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of cyborg.

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Origin

borg · noun, verb

Clipping of cyborg, a contraction of cybernetic organism.

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Borg · proper noun

  1. Old High Germanborgēn
  2. Middle High Germanborgen“to lend, borrow”
  3. Yiddishבורג“credit”
  4. Old Norseborg“stronghold”
  5. EnglishBorg

* As a Danish and Norwegian surname, from various places derived from Old Norse borg (“stronghold”). * As a north/Low German surname, this is the Low German form of the surname Burg. * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish בורג (burg, “credit”), from Middle High German borgen (“to lend, borrow”), from Old High German borgēn. * As a Maltese surname, from the noun borġ (“tower, stronghold”), distantly related to the first two senses above.

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Borg · noun, verb

From the Star Trek franchise, in which the Borg are a cyborg race intent on converting all other life into their own kind; apparently a clipping of cyborg, from cybernetic + organism.

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